This is the better if the telefilms that was released as a movie in the U.K. The other of course, was Conquest of the Earth and it lacked a lot to be desired. The mighty ship Galactica encounters a visual "echo" in space, and did not expect to get the best surprise of all. Another Battlestar (Pegasus) to help with the food and fuel problems plaguing the fleet. But it wont be that easy because the legendary Commander Cain
(Lloyd Bridges)has other plans. This movie was basically a recut version of Living Legend with elements of the first movie ( Baltar's mine field was originally the mines protecting Carillon in the movie and pilot episode) and the bits of the episode Fire In Space edited into the end to make it interesting. It's also interesting because although a few plot points were dropped, other sequences that seemed out of order in the episode version, seemed to be back in place in this movie version. Now if only Universal UK would release DVD versions of the telefilms that were in the VHS Box set, and this time, the actual telefilm versions of the two part episodes complete with the missing scenes cut from the 2 part versions and alternate opening sequence.( Originally the 5 telefilms were to be monthly movies but the tv network wanted a series instead so all the movies became 2 part episodes, Except Greetings From Earth, which aried as a special 2 hour episode, only later to get cut into 2 parts for syndication) While your at it Universal UK, include with that, the telefilm version of Experiment in Terra where it opens with an US Astronaut finding the log book floating in space. That one includes the entire episode of the same title plus portions of Galactica 1980 episode "Return of Starbuck" The way Universal releases these thinsg I am sure the UK will get them before the US so I will keep buying the UK versions until someone at Universal in US gets smart and releases them in the US....Starting with the Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman in addition to these I spoke of here.
Cheers!